Amazing Detective Di Renjie, also known as Shen Tan Di Renjie and Wu Chao Mi An, is a Chinese television series based on gong'an detective stories related to Di Renjie, a Tang Dynasty magistrate and statesman. Written and directed by Qian Yanqiu, the series starred Liang Guanhua as the titular protagonist, and was first broadcast on CCTV-8 on 6 August 2004. The series was followed by three sequels: Amazing Detective Di Renjie 2 (2006), Amazing Detective Di Renjie 3 (2008), and Amazing Detective Di Renjie 4 (2010).
Amazing Detective Di Renjie | |
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Genre | detective fiction, historical drama, gong'an fiction, crime fiction |
Written by | Qian Yanqiu |
Directed by | Qian Yanqiu |
Presented by | Zhu Tong Pang Jian |
Starring | Liang Guanhua Zhang Zijian Lü Zhong |
Opening theme | Chang Ge Yi Qu (长歌一曲) performed by Tengger |
Country of origin | China |
Original language | Mandarin |
No. of episodes | 30 (original version) 27 (simplified version) |
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Executive producer | Wang Guohui |
Production location | China |
Running time | 45 minutes per episode |
Original release | |
Network | CCTV-8 |
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Traditional Chinese | 神探狄仁傑 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 神探狄仁杰 | ||||||
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Chinese | 武朝迷案 | ||||||
Literal meaning | Mystery Cases of the Wu Dynasty | ||||||
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Plot
The plot is divided into three parts as follows:
- Shi Tuan Jing Hun (使团惊魂), covering episodes 1 to 13.
- Lan Shan Ji (蓝杉记), covering episodes 14 to 23.
- Di Xue Xiong Ying (滴血雄鹰), covering episodes 24 to 30.
Cast
- Liang Guanhua as Di Renjie
- Zhang Zijian as Li Yuanfang
- Lü Zhong as Wu Zetian
- Zhu Yanping as Hu Jinghui
- Xu Qian as Zeng Tai
- Diana Pang as Li Qingxia (Jin Mulan)
- Yan Yansheng as Liu Jin
- Jiang Xin as Fang Yingyu (Xiaohong)
- Xu Xiaobei as Ilterish Qaghan
- Li Shilong as Liu Chali
- Xu Feilian as Liu Chuanlin
- Liu Shuang as Princess Taiping